williamd wrote: > I am suddenly and unexpectedly needing some sort of network solution > and know very little about this subject. The situation is this... for > some time i have had a direct ethernet connection between my cable > modem and G4 imac. Recently my roommate got a pc laptop and wanted to > go wireless. We purchased a Belkin N router. He uses his "g" card > wirelessly and is very pleased. I am currently connected via ethernet > as before, except now with router in the middle. I am noticing a > considerable drop in performance going via the router as opposed to > directly to the cable modem; enough so that when he is not home i > connect the modem directly, only using the router when necessary. > This slower performance (taking longer to load web pages, and slower > download speeds) occurs whether or not he is connected. My first > question is whether this slowdown is to be expected when wired > through the router as opposed to directly to the modem? If not, any > suggestions on what i can do to increase performance? > > Would i have better speed going wireless myself? And if so, should i > go for the Airport Extreme card, or would a third-party dongle be > faster? If the latter, is there one which uses the ethernet port > rather than taking up a usb slot? > > Many thinks for any suggestions!
Odds are the router just isn't fast enough to route the packets between your LAN (wired or wireless) and the WAN (cable modem). I would have expected an "N" router to be fast enough but it doesn't appear that way. Try doing a web search to see if you can find a speed comparison of current routers that rate the WAN - LAN speed. Then get one of the faster models. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
